Water Resources & the Law Federal Laws Clean Water Act (www.epa.gov/region5/water/cwa.htm) Superfund (www.epa.gov/superfund/action/law/sara.htm) Endangered Species Act (www.epa.gov/region5/defs/html/esa.htm) Safe Drinking Water Act (www.epa.gov/region5/defs/html/sdwa.htm) State Laws Flood Hazard Area Control Act (www.state.nj.us/dep/landuse/njac/7-13.pdf) Freshwater Wetlands Protection Act (www.state.nj.us/dep/landuse/njac/7-7a.pdf) NJ Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (www.state.nj.us/dep/dwq/714a.htm) NJ Stormwater Management (Proposed) (www.nj.gov/dep/rules/notices/010603_14a.pdf) NJ Water Supply Authority Act Private Well Testing Act Realty Improvement Sewerage and Facilities Act Site Improvement Standards Act Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Act (www.state.nj.us/agriculture/rural/soilact75.htm) Water Quality Management Planning Act Water Pollution Control Act Water Supply Management Act Watershed Protection and Management Act of 1997 County and Municipal Laws County Environmental Health Act County Planning Act (www.nj.gov/dca/osg/resources/regulations.html) Municipal Land Use Law (www.nj.gov/dca/osg/resources/regulations.html) Municipal Stormwater Management Act This page is under construction...more coming soon! In the meantime, the following websites have some good information on water-related law: The Watershed Institute: www.thewatershed.org/WSM/library.html US EPA: www.epa.gov/owow/laws.html New Jersey Law Network: www.njlawnet.com/ This section of the Smart Growth Gateway is possible thanks to the Stony-Brook Millstone Watershed Association. Visit their websites at www.thewatershed.org, www.thewatershedinstitute.org, www.beesinc.org, and www.giscenter.org.